What are the important events that happened on March 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 27 is the 86^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 14, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 484,176 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontahexagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 327 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,479 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 27 Historical Events

• 1329 –
  Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
• 1794 –
  Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
• 1794 –
  The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
• 1809 –
  Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real.
• 1814 –
  War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
• 1854 –
  Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
• 1963 –
  Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom’s rail network.
• 1964 –
  The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
• 1975 –
  Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
• 1994 –
  One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.

Who were born on March 27?

• 972 –
  King Robert II of France (d. 1031)
• 1902 –
  Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1923 –
  Endo Shusaku, Japanese author (d. 1996)
• 1942 –
  John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1962 –
  Jann Arden, Canadian musician
• 1963 –
  Charly Alberti, Argentinian musician
• 1966 –
  Haruto Umezawa, Japanese manga artist
• 1974 –
  George Koumantarakis, Greek-South African footballer
• 1981 –
  Lin Jun Jie, Chinese singer
• 1987 –
  Victor Vito, New Zealand rugby player

Who died on March 27?

• 1350 –
  King Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
• 1378 –
  Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
• 1679 –
  Abraham Minjon, Dutch painter (b. 1640)
• 1836 –
  James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804)
• 1918 –
  Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838)
• 1940 –
  Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
• 1977 –
  A. P. Hamann, American politician (b. 1909)
• 1993 –
  Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1931)
• 1993 –
  Paul László, Hungarian interior designer and architect (b. 1900)
• 2008 –
  George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician (b. 1947)